T Stands For The Long Walk

Hi everyone, we've actually had a few walks lately but none as long as the first day in Paris.

We had been invited to the opening evening of Version Scrap in The Parc Floral in St Vincennes.

We had often said that we should visit the adjoining Bois de Vincennes. We knew it was a long way and the weather forecast was cool, sunny with a few showers.

I had a plan.....walk to Bercy, through the park....

....then lunch at one of our favourite restaurants Chez Pauline.

As you can see we sat and had a drink while we waited for our order of Honey/Mustard Pork and Fondant potatoes. We both had water and I had a Tonic water too!

I am joining Bleubeard and Elizabeth at The Altered Book Lover blog for T stands For Tuesday - where you will also find lots of other lovely folk also sharing their drink related posts.

While we were eating we missed the only rain of the day - it really poured down for about 15 minutes and then the sun reappeared!

It was an easy walk to the South end of the Bois de Vincennes.

At first we enjoyed the beauty of the wood, then we had to take a detour around a fenced off fairground area which took us off the direct route we had expected to take.

I am always fascinated by Mistletoe growing .

Back on track...

.......we saw the Pagoda of a Buddhist centre

We also spotted this rock which we think was in the Park's Zoo (a trip for another time maybe?)

By this time our water bottles had dried up and places to sit seemed to be few and far between....

..I was flagging - and, quite clearly here - not very happy! I had stopped taking photos, I wanted to stop!!!!

I had asked some one if there was a cafe nearby by and he just shrugged his shoulders and said 'This is a wood' 

We walked on and then hubby spotted an Equestrian centre - and noticed people under parasols.

There must be a cafe for users of the centre.....surely????

We reached the gate and I was delighted to find that it was 'Ouvert à Tous'- Open to all! We went in and had a cold drink and shared a piece of Lemon Meringue tart!

No photos - I was just so pleased to sit down.

Once back on the path we saw a sign to our destination - Parc Floral, where Version Scrap was being held.

Mark and Leandra of Paper Artsy had a big stand - it was lovely to see them and when it became less busy have a catch up.

Aall and Create had a large stand too and lovely Abs (not in pic) gave us a great welcome too!

Time to leave - but we were due back on the Saturday for me to take a workshop!

That day we walked over 25,000 steps - around 12 miles(19km)...I slept really well!

Thanks for looking,Chris